First Student Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2018. Signed on May 26, 2016.

Wage adjustments: 
AM/PM run rates/flat-rate charters:
Effective Sept. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Sept. 1, 2017: 2%
Noon independent shuttles/noon runs/late runs/kindergarten:
Effective Sept. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Sept. 1, 2017: 1.5%

Shift premium: When rewriting route sheet for third time and subsequent times in 1 year, 1 hour pay. Wheelchair drivers: $2 per day for regular wheelchair drivers.

Paid holidays: 10 days.

Vacations with pay: Canada Labour Code provisions to start, 4% after 1 year, 6% after 6 years. 

Meal allowance: After 5 hours: $10. After 8 hours: $18. After 12 hours: $30.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, child, spouse, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepchildren, grandchildren and grandparents). 1 day to attend memorial service or internment at a later date.

Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.

Probationary period: 6 months.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months, except for serious accidents or injuries.

Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase):
Combined AM/PM run rates
Categories
1: $40.90 rising 1 step to $41.51
2: $42.28 rising 1 step to $42.92
3: $43.67 rising 1 step to $44.32
4: $45.06 rising 1 step to $45.74
5: $46.45 rising 1 step to $47.15
6:  $47.85 rising 1 step to $48.57
7: $49.23 rising 1 step to $49.97
8: $50.64 rising 1 step to $51.40
9: $52.02 rising 1 step to $52.80
10: $53.45 rising 1 step to $54.25
11: $54.82 rising 1 step to $55.64
12: $56.93 rising 1 step to $57.78
13: $58.13 rising 1 step to $59
14: $59.52 rising 1 step to $60.41
15: $60.93 rising 1 step to $61.84
16: $62.31 rising 1 step to $63.34
17: $64.38 rising 1 step to $65.35
18: $67.30 rising 1 step to $68.31
19: $70.23 rising 1 step to $71.28
20: $73.15 rising 1 step to $74.25
21: $76.18 rising 1 step to $77.32
22: $79.35 rising 1 step to $80.54
23: $82.49 rising 1 step to $83.73
Noon independent shuttles/noon runs/late runs/kindergarten
1: $18.35 rising 1 step to $18.63
2: $19.12 rising 1 step to $19.41
3: $19.91 rising 1 step to $20.21
4: $20.67 rising 1 step to $20.98
5: $21.45 rising 1 step to $21.77
6:  $25.89 rising 1 step to $26.27
7: $33 rising 1 step to $33.50
Non-driving rate: $11.70 rising 1 step to $11.89
Driving rate: $12.61 rising 1 step to $12.80
Attendant rate: $11.70 rising 1 step to $11.89
Going rate: $2.99  rising 1 step to $3.03
Flat-rated charters: Various rates depending on travel locations of drop-off and pick-up (Wainfleet, West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, St. Catharines, Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Fort Erie). Charters paid at hourly rate based on total times. 

Editor’s notes: Out-of-town supplies: Containers of oil, windshield washer fluid, anti-freeze coolant, heavy duty scraper and a broom. Extension cords and timers for drivers required to plug in their buses during cold weather and $100 reimbursement for the cost of hydro. Wheelchair driver coat: 1 coat to each regular wheelchair bus driver. Overnight charters: 10 hours' pay for each 24-hour period; $30 per day for meals. Medical examination: 100% reimbursement, maximum $130 for license renewal. Lump sum: $120 on first pay period after ratification, $120 on first pay period after Dec. 1 of year 2 and $120 in the first pay period after Sept. 1 of year 3.